Considering all the notification options (phone, text, email, tv, radio) I find it hard to show any sympathy for people who are towed particularly when the roads are already in desperate need of more plowing.

29000 tickets x $24 = $696,000 = approximately what Minneapolis has collected since this winter season began (per information in above story). That seems like making money to me.

Also, the last snow emergency was declared a day after it snowed, during the holiday weekend. I don’t know about you, but on Christmas Eve and Christmas day I was not watching TV, on line, etc. I was in the kitchen, between family homes, or with family.

Yes they need to plow, but how this was handled seems like a chance for both cities to get a little extra income.